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45 f-g E119 Ju@ f @y bei Ill Patented May 16, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CO'GKING STOVE RallstomM. Sherman, Glastonbury, Conn., assignorto The Silent kGlow Oil Burner Corporation, Hartford, Conn., a corporation of Connccticut` Application March-29, 1941, Serial No. 385,879

11. Claims.

Myginvention; whichrelates to'stoves, .and has among its objects the provisionofa stove'witli al compacty arrangement of cookinginstrumentalities, particularly as relates to iin-proved broilingmeans, will bey bestunderstood from the *followingdescription-when vread inthe'light of the accompanying :drawings lof VAan embodimentof 'the invention .selected 'for illustrative purposes,4 while Fig'. 2 is a iragmentarysection onA the `line-2 2` of Fig. 1';

Fig; 3is an'elevation', on an enlarged' scale and with partsl 'broken away, of the innerv side ofy the door which carries the broiling means;

Fig. 4 is an end elevationof the Aparts accord-- range burner type. These burners; which .may

be of anyv suitable construction, comprise theupwardly extending, perforated 'combustion tubes 44` which when they burners4 are in operation. are heated to a red heat and form a source'ofheat for the grill or broiler hereinafter more fully,y

described, the oven 5', and stove stop 1.

The oven may be of any suitable kind, and as shown is of the reflector type disclosed in applicants co-pendingv application Serial Number 309,017, filed December 13'; 1939, now Patent No. 2,314,249. issued March 16, 1943 the burnensupplying radiantheat through the open end 9'ofl the oven to the cooking vessels. placed on the racks II, the products of combustion passing over the top and around the sides ofthe oven and escaping fromthe stove casing through the flue discharge opening I3.

l-rovidingA access to the chamberY 2.fron1 the` exterior of the stoveis afdooropening I'Lnormally closed by a door I9, the door .being mounted.

to swingV about a vertical axis afforded'by the hinges 2I at a vertical edge of 4the-.door open-.-

ing. In the present embodiment of the invention this door carries a grillor broiler comprising the two rectangular reticulated members 23' hingedly connected by a link 25 at their lower edges and having at their upper edges upwardly extending handles 2l, food such as a steak` S being adapted to be held between these two members in the usual manner.

As. shown, the grill is supported on the door by a frame comprising the upper horizontal arm 29 and lower horizontal arm SI, these arms being connected adjacent one of their ends by a vertical bar 33 formed integrally therewith, and

at those ends being pivotally connected to lugsV 35 xedly carried by and projecting from the door, so that the arms may be swung relative to the door.

As shown, the lower horizontal bar 3! of' the grill support is provided on its upper side with a longitudinallyextending groove 3l. Carried'by the bar is a drip-receiver 39, the bottom of which has a longitudinally extending trough-like projection @I (Fig. 8) received in the groove 31. This trough-like projection is adapted to receive the lower hingedly connected'portionsof the rectangular grill members While the handles 2l of the grill members are adapted to project through an opening 153 (li-ig` '7) of circular cross-section formed in the upper horizontal bar 29 of the grill support.

Normally the grill support is held in the position,v relative to the door I9, illustrated by Figs. 3 and.4 by a latch bar A5 pivotally mounted for vertical swinging on the door at 41', the latch bar having,a notch 49 for engaging the upper arm 29 ol the grill support. When in this position the grill is prevented from rotating relative to the grill support by the interior lateral walls of the trough-like projection 4I of the drip-receiver, which projection receives the lower edges of the grill members 23, while the drip-receiver is prevented from rotating relative to thev grill support by reason of the troughlike projection M thereof being. received in the groove 3l in the lower arm 3l oi the grill support.

For permitting the grill and drip-receiver to be rotated when desired relative to the grill support, the drip-receiver, shown, is provided with a downwardly projecting pin 5I of circular crosssection formed integrally therewith. this pin being adapted to be received in the perforation 530i circular cross-section formed in the arm 3 I. When the grill is to be turned, to present the opposite side thereof to the source of broiling heat afforded by the glowing combustion tubes of the burners, the door I9 may be swung open, say to its dotted line position shown in Fig. l corresponding to its full line position shown in Fig. 5, and then the grill support may be unlatched by raising the latch bar 45, whereupon the grill support may be swung on its pivotal connections to the door, say to its position shown in Fig. 5. The drip-receiver may then be raised to move the trough-like projection 4i thereof out of the groove 31 on the upper side of the lower arm 3l of the grill support, the upper edges of the grill members 23 coacting with the under side or the upper arm 29 to prevent the pin 5l of the dripreceiver from pulling out of the perforation 53 in the lower arm, whereupon the drip-receiver may be swung through 180 about the pin 5l as a pivot, an intermediate position of the drip-receiver being indicated in Fig. 5. After being so swung the trough-like projection 4l of the drip-receiver may be again lowered into the groove 37 of the lower arm 3l of the grill support so as non-rotatably to secure it to this arm. The grill is forced to turn with the drip-receiver during this operation by reason of the lower edge portions of the grill being received in the trough-like projection 4|. The opening 43 in the arm 29 being circular permits the handles 2 to rotate therein while the grill is being turned relative to the grill support.

It will be understood that by mounting the grill or broiler on the door of the chamber which contains the oil burners permits a compact arrangement of parts, yet the grill may be readily turned when the door is opened to remove the grill from the chamber which contains the oil burners, and during this turning operation no drip will fall to the floor because the drip-receiver is always beneaththe grill while it is being turned. It will also be understood that the grill can be readily removed, for inserting and removing the food carried thereby and for cleaning it, by sliding it upward to remove its lower edge portion from the trough-like projection at the bottom of the dripreceiver to position that edge well above the trough in that projection, the handles 21 being longitudinally slidable in the tapered opening 43 in the arm 29 and the space between that arm and the upper edge of the grill permitting such upward movement. Then the grill may be swung sidewise to move its lower edge past the side wall of the drip-receiver 39, this swinging being permitted by the yielding nt of the handles in the tapered opening 43, and when so swung to said position the grill may be moved downward to remove the handles from the opening 43. When the grill is thus removed the drip-receiver may be readily removed from the arm Si by lifting it upward to Withdraw the pin 5l from the perforation 53 in the arm 3l. All of these operations may be performed when the door is open and the parts carried thereby are readily accessible.

-It will be understood that, within the scope oi the appended claims, wide deviations may be made from the form of the invention described without departing from its spirit.

I claim:

l. The combination with means forming a broiling chamber containing a source of broiling heat, of a door for said chamber, a grill mounting on said door for positioning a grill carried thereby in operative relation to said source when said door is closed, said mounting comprising a support carried by said door in movable relation thereto, which support is provided with means for movably mounting a grill thereon permitting a grill so mounted to be turned relative to said door to present either side of the grill to said source, said support having a position of movement in which it positions the grill relatively close to said door and having a position of movement far enough from said door to permit a grill mounted on said support to be soturned when said door is opened. y f

2. The 'combination according to claim 1 in which the door swings about a vertical axis adjacent one edge thereof, and the support is mounted on the door for swinging about a vertical axis adjacent one side of the support.

3. The combination with means forming a broiling chamber containing a source of broilng heat, of a door .for said chamber, means for mounting a grill on said door in operative relation to' said Source when said door is closed comprising a support vadapted rotatably to carry a, grill so that by rotation of the latter relative to said support either side of the grill may be presented to said source, said support being movably mounted on said door for movement towardv and away from it so that it has a position of movement close to said door to position the grill, when the door is closed, in operative relation to said source and has a position of movement suiciently far from said door when the latter is opened to permit the grill to be so rotated.

4. The combination with means forming a broiling chamber containing a source of broiling heat, of a door for said chamber, means for mounting a grill on said door in operative relation to said source when said door is closed comprising a support movably mounted on said door for movement toward and away from it, said support also comprising a grill attaching part'movably mounted thereon for turning the grill to present either side thereof to said source, said support having a position of movement in which it positions the grill relatively close to said door and having a position of movement far enough from said door to permit the grill to be so turned by movement of said part. Y

5. The combination according to claim 4 in which the support is swingingly mounted on the door adjacent one edge of said support, and the grill attaching part is rotatably mounted on said support.

6. The combination according to claim 4 in which the door and support are mounted for swinging about vertical axes, and the grill attaching .part is formed to provide a drip-receiver. 7. The combination according to claim 4 in which the grill attaching part is formed to provide a drip-receiver and is mounted on said support for swinging about a vertical axis, the door also being mounted for swinging about a vertical axis, and the support being mounted on the door for swinging about a vertical axis adjacent one side of the support.

8. The combination with broiling chamber containing a source of broiling heat, of a door for saidchamber, a support for lmounting a' grill on said door in operative relation to said source when said door is closed comprising means swingingly mounted on said door and presenting spaced parts extending across the.

door, a grill attaching member swingingly mounted on one of said parts adapted non-rotatably to engage a grill at one edge portion of the grill, the other of said parts having provision for rotatable attachment thereto of the grill adjacent the opposite edge portion of the grill.

9. The combination with means forming a broiling chamber containing a source of broiling means forming a lasignarse@ heat, of a door for said chamber, a support for mounting a grill on said door in operative relation to said source when said door is closed comprising means swingingly mounted on said door and presenting spaced parts extending across the door, a grill attaching member swingingly mounted on one of said parts adapted non-rotatably to engage a grill at one edge portion of the grill, the other of said parts having provision for rotatable attachment thereto of a grill handle portion at the opposite edge portion of the grill.

10. The combination with means forming a broiling chamber containing a source of broiling heat, of a door for said chamber mounted for swinging about a vertical axis, a support for mounting a grill on said door in operative relation to said source when said door is closed comprising means mounted on said door for swinging about a vertical axis presenting an upper part and a lower part, a drip-receiver mounted on said lower part for swinging about a vertical axis, which receiver has provision for non-rotatable attachment thereto of one edge portion of a vertically posi-- tioned grill, the upper of said parts having provision for rotatable attachment thereto of the opposite edge portion of said grill,

11. The combination with means forming a broiling chamber containing a source of broiling heat, of a door for said chamber mounted to swing about a vertical axis, a support mounted on said door for swinging about a vertical axis, means for removably and rotatably mounting a grill on said support comprising a drip-receiver mounted on said support for rotation about a vertical axis spaced from the axis of swinging of said door, releasable means for operatively connecting said drip-receiver to said support for maintaining said grill normally in closely adjacent relation to said door and, when said door is closed, in operative relation to said source.

RALLSTON M. SHERMAN. 

